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Bill Bennett: What he was saying to Barack Obama is, get off our backs. Stop kicking us around. We actually did keep the country safe…

On the recordMay 21, 2009
What he was saying to Barack Obama is, get off our backs. Stop kicking us around. We actually did keep the country safe for eight years.
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Bill Bennett

Editor's note · Context

Bennett interprets Cheney's message to Obama as a defense of the Bush administration's record on national security.

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